Stop PATRONIZING ARABS, OBAMA!
Israel is AN INHERITANCE FROM God,
Israel is the OWNER, NOT an Occupier!
U.S. TOLD Israel to GIVE UP Inheritance!
Don’t PUSH Israel into a PROFANE Activity!
God granted the Golan Heights to Israelites,
So Dan Tribe Settled there inheriting the Land,
Dan to Beersheba was the ‘green’ part of Israel!
Dan controlled MUCH OF Jordan River Headwaters!
Israel’s biblically correct to hold on to Golan Heights,
As well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Territory,
Which were given by God to Israel, the Apple of his Eye!
Giving these lands to Palestinian is wrong on Israel’s Part,
Because it’ s a profane act to di
sdain God-Given Inheritance!
The Gaza Strip, West Bank, & Golan Heights BELONG to Jews,
As God-given O.T. Bible Grant Referred to as Dan to Beersheba!
Obama: Don’t LEAD JEWS TO GIVE UP Birthright Inheritance Land!
Don’t push Israel to perform a PROFANE ACT against God like Esau!
Hebrews 12:16,17 – Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. [17] For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Genesis 25:23-34 – And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. [24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. [25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. [26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. [27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. [28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. [29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: [30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. [31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. [32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? [33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. [34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.
Dan was allocated the MOST NORTHERLY REGION, TO THE NORTH OF THE GALILEE, and west of the Jordan, stretching north as far as Laish, Dan’s main city (which became known as Dan).
In the Biblical census of the Book of Numbers, the tribe of Dan is portrayed as the second largest Israelite tribe (after Juda).
According to the Bible, the Israelites invaded the Amorite homeland in Golan and took it from them. Dt 3:1: “Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.” Dt 3:2: “The LORD said to me, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.” Dt 3:3: “So the LORD our God also gave into our h ands Og king of Bashan
and all his army.
We struck them down, leaving no survivors.” Dt 3:4: “At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.” Dt 3:5:”All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.” Dt 3:6: “We completely destroyed [a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying [b] every city—men, women and children.” Dt 3:7: “But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.”
According to the Bible, the area, later known as Bashan, was inhabited by two Israelite tribes during the time of Joshua, the tribe of Dan — Dt 33:22: “And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan” and Tribe of Manasseh. The city of Golan was used as a city of refuge. King Solomon appointed 3 ministers in the region — 1 Kg 4:13: “the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars”. After the split of the United Monarchy, the area was contested between the Kingdom of Israel (the northern of the two Jewish kingdoms existent at that time) and the Aramean kingdom from the 800s BC. King Ahab of Israel (reigned 874–852 BC) defeated Ben-Hadad I in the southern Golan. According to Jewish law the Golan is regarded as part of Canaan which is holier than the parts east of the Jordan river.[citation needed]
In the 700s BC the Assyrians gained control of the area, but were later replaced by the Babylonian and the Persian Empire.
In the 5th century BC, the Persian Empire allowed the region to be resettled by returning Jewish exiles from Babylonian Captivity.
The Golan Heights, along with the rest of the region, came under the control of Alexander the Great in 332 BC, following the Battle of Issus. Following Alexander’s death, the Golan came under the domination of the Macedonian noble Seleucus and remained part of the Seleucid Empire for most of the next two centuries. It is during this period that the name Golan, previously that of a city mentioned in Deuteronomy, came to be applied to the entire region (Greek: Gaulanitis).
The Maccabean Revolt saw much action in the regions around the Golan and it is possible that the Jewish communities of the Golan were among those rescued by Judas Maccabeus during his campaign in the Galilee and Gilead (Transjordan) mentioned in Chapter 5 of 1 Maccabees. The Golan, however, remained in Seleucid hands until the campaign of Alexander Jannaeus from 83–80 BC. Jannaeus established the city of Gamla in 81 BC as the Hasmonean capital for the region.
The Israeli Hasmonean Kingdom after 103 BCE included the Golan
Following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC, Augustus Caesar adjudicated that the Golan fell within the Tetrarchy of Herod’s son, Herod Philip I. After Philip’s death in 34 AD, the Romans absorbed the Golan into the province of Syria, but Caligula restored the territory to Herod’s grandson Agrippa in 37. Following Agrippa’s death in 44, the Romans again annexed the Golan to Syria, promptly to return it again when Claudius traded the Golan to Agrippa II, the son of Agrippa I, in 51 as part of a land swap. Although nominally under Agrippa’s control and not part of the province of Judea, the Jewish communities of the Golan joined their coreligionists in the First Jewish-Roman War, only to fall to the Roman armies in its early stages. Gamla was captured in 67; according to Josephus, its inhabitants committed mass suicide, preferring it
to crucifixion and slavery. Agrippa II contributed soldiers to the Roman war effort and attempted to negotiate an end to the revolt. In return for his loyalty, Rome allowed him to retain his kingdom, but finally absorbed the Golan for good after his death in 100.
With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralised monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Dan joined the new kingdom with Saul as the first king. After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe
of Dan joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. However, on the accession of Rehoboam, David’s grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Dan was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. It is worth noting that the territory of the handmaid tribes happens to be the territory closest to the north and eastern borders of Canaan; they were the most exposed to Israel’s immediate enemies – Assyria and Aram.
According to the biblical narrative, the tribe had originally tried to settle in the central coastal area of Palestine, but due to enmity with the Philistines who had already settled there, were only able to camp in the hill country overlooking the Sorek Valley, the camp location becoming known as Mahaneh Dan (“Camps of Dan”). (Joshua 19) The region they were trying to settle included the area as far north as Joppa, and extending south into the Shephelah in the area of Timnah; as a result, the modern state of Israel, as well as some zionists, refer to the region as Gush Dan (the Dan area). However, as a consequence of the pressure from the Philistines, the tribe abandoned hopes of settling near the central coast, instead migrating to the north of the country, and after conquering Laish, refounded it as their capital (renaming it Dan). (Judges 18)
Numbers 1:39 – Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Joshua 19:47,48 – And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. [48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Judges 18:29-31 – And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. [30] And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,
the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. [31] And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 3:18-20 – And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him.
And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good. [19] And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
[20] And all Israel FROM DAN EVEN TO BEER-SHEBA knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.
II Samuel 3:9-10 – So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; [10] To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
II Samuel 24:15 – So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
July 25, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I have traveled over the entire land area of the Golan Heights and Tel Dan many times, as well as the top of mighty Mount Herman. The Golan Heights is a part of the Lord’s land gift to Israel, as well as both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Begin Excerpt from The News & Observer
Turkish leader presses Israel to return Golan
By ALBERT AJI, Associated Press Writer
July 22, 2009
DAMASCUS, Syria – Turkey’s prime minister said Wednesday his country is prepared to resume mediating in the Arab-Israeli conflict and pressed Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria.
The Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan also strongly reprimanded Palestinians for the divisions between the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip.
“(Palestinian) brothers are living apart from each other… What kind of brotherhood is that?” he asked.
Erdogan helped mediate last year in four rounds of indirect peace negotiations between Israel and Syria. But Syria suspended them in December over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
“Unfortunately, with the Gaza incidents, this process was obstructed. Our wish would be that this not be obstructed, and this negativity be removed by returning Syria’s rights,” Erdogan said after meeting with President Bashar Assad in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
Before he left Turkey, Erdogan reiterated his country’s readiness to help restart indirect talks between Syria and Israel. Turkey has also offered to mediate in other tracks of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
“New requests regarding this process may come up. … In fact, they have already started to come,” Erdogan told a news conference.
He did not say who made the requests.
Syria has said it is willing to resume the Turkish-mediated talks if they focus on a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, captured in 1967. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is not willing to cede the territory Syria wants.
A government newspaper, Al-Thawra, said in an editorial Wednesday that Syria wants to restore all of Golan and would not agree to start negotiations from scratch.
“It’s not in the interest of peace to waste time or efforts or to return to point zero under the pretext of preconditions,” it said in an editorial. “Moving toward negotiations means an endorsement of a full withdrawal from the occupied land.”
Assad said in a newspaper interview in March that the Turkish-mediated talks failed because Israel would not make a clear commitment to return all of the Golan up to the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Assad said Israel wanted to keep some disputed land around the Galilee, its main water source.
Israel, for its part, demands that Syria end its support for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas.
Direct talks between Israel and Syria under U.S. auspices also failed in 2000 over the extent of an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan.
Last month, President Barack Obama’s special Mideast peace envoy, George Mitchell, became the highest-level U.S. administration official to visit Damascus since 2005. He acknowledged Syria’s clout, declaring Damascus has a key role to play in forging Mideast peace.
Associated Press reporters Suzan Fraser and Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara, Turkey contributed to this report.
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